While I agree he played great, Tampa had even more drops. Imagine barely going over 50% and almost throwing 400 yards with 2 TD's?
Bill Belichick should be shamed.
Bill just needs to adjust how he coaches and builds the team to fit in with the way the game works today. He can’t be such a hardass about things anymore, as the success of a team has less to do with the coaches than it used to, and he pushed away his two best offensive players ever. Belichick is still the greatest coach of all time, and if anyone can turn things around quickly it’s him. He just has to be willing to adjust the way he does business.
I think we all should agree that it is a combo of player and coach. And that combo has to be in synch. I think the notion that it's "one or the other", and this was a "contest" was stupid to begin with, but that's the way the majority of the world tihnks. Black, white, yes, no, there's no middle ground, no complexity. The talent level on the Buccanneers - other than QB (though certainly there too) - SMOKES the Patriots at every position, except MAYBE in the defensive secondary. And yet, they're not going to the Super Bowl (IMO), and if they do, they're almost certainly not winning it.
If one INSISTS on comparing, I say, wait till Brady retires, and compare over that span from when he left. The totality of the work.
Oh, and apparently the honeymoon is over/ending. Heinecke I guess has said some things supporting Trump,
so now he sucks and doesn't deserve his spot on the team.